BEETHAM SOLID WASTE LANDFILL COURSE NAME: SOLID WASTE MANAGMENT NAME: GENIEVE VALENTINE-00022714 LECTURER: VENESSA ELLIOT DUE DATE: 21/04/10 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….3 Report on The Beetham Solid Waste Landfill……………………………………………………………………..........6 Waste management practices Land filling methods Location suitability Equipment Reason for the recommended closure of The Beetham Solid Waste Landfill Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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DPOP and NPOP together evaluate the risk posed to humans by fire at landfills. DPOP measures the distance between the 297 landfill and the nearest building used by people for residential‚ occupational‚ educational‚ or recreational purposes. DPOP 298 score is calculated using Equation 30. For distance greater than 3057 m‚ DPOP = 0. If the distance is 0‚ then maximum 299 DPOP = 4.613. 300 DPOP = 4.613 x exp(-0.0005 x distance) (30) 301 3.8 Population within 3 km radius (NPOP) 302 NPOP‚ as per Equation
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3. Al Amerat Landfill site: The landfill site is located in al Amerat in Muscat Governorate and it is considered as the first of his kind in Oman‚ as it was the first engineered sanitary landfill. The project was designed in 2001 to. Cell 1 construction started in 2005 till 2011 when the operation started along with the closing of old dumpsites. In 2014‚ award of the second phase construction and operation was announced. The landfill has a capacity of 1000000 m3 void volume to filling‚ as cell 1
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of us are affected by food waste and it has become a rising concern with consumers and researchers. Once food is discarded‚ “only a low percentage of all food wastage is composted: much of it ends up in landfills‚ and represents a large part of municipal solid waste. Methane emissions from landfills represents one of the largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions from
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In Brazil lays one of the largest waste dumps in the world‚ supporting over 9‚000 tons of garbage a day (Ortiz). The Jardim Gramacho landfill poses many hazards to the environment and to the people who have worked there their whole lives. Tiao‚ an impoverished catadore‚ or picker of garbage‚ and president of the Association of Pickers of Jardim Gramacho declares‚ “’We are not pickers of garbage; we are pickers of recyclable materials’” (Holden‚ C4). Tiao was one of the main characters in the late
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My high school has become an everyday landfill. This has no relation to the school administrators or teachers. Trash such as gum‚ plastic wrappers‚ and bottles was being littered haphazardly everywhere on school grounds; especially‚ in the cafeteria‚ hallways‚ and restrooms. The most inevitable issue in my high school was the problem with students littering their gums. Gum filled with germs and bacteria can be found on the grounds of the campus‚ under the desks‚ and chairs. My school had become very
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the landfills are full? Many people have heard about landfills‚ but hardly anyone knows a lot about what effect it have on society. Most people toss their garbage into dumpsters and litter on the streets in carelessness. People hauled their used furniture‚ bikes‚ old toys‚ and battered car parts to junkyards and dumpsters without a clue of where it goes and what happens to it. When people drop their trash on the street‚ toss litter out their car windows‚ throw their garbage into landfills‚ lakes
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UP OF A LABORATORY SCALE AEROBIC LANDFILL BIOREACTOR G. Makripodis‚ F. Simantiraki‚ M. Somara‚ E. Gidarakos Laboratory of Toxic and Hazardous Waste Management‚ Department of Environmental Engineering Technical University of Crete‚ Polytechneioupolis‚ Chania 73100‚ Greece ABSTRACT The complexity of landfills‚ as well as the practical and health-related issues generated‚ demands special laboratory and modelling approaches as the first line of in situ landfill investigations. The approaches to
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Good morning Mrs Njapha‚ teachers‚ parents‚ students and to the class of 2016. It is really an honor for me to be addressing you at your speech day function today. When Mrs Lategan asked me to be the guest speaker at this function I was initially pretty nervous was I going to be funny‚ interesting or inspiring. Afterall the last time I spoke at a public function was at my sister’s wedding and considering they were family it wasn’t a tough crowd to please. Standing here on the podium gives me an immense
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Public Speaking 14 November 2010 Persuasive Speech Reduce Landfill Waste by Reduce‚ Reuse and Recycling and the financial benefits I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: Over half of the waste that ends up in the landfill does not belong there because it could have been recycled or reused. B. Credibility Statement: Not only do I religiously practice reducing‚ reusing‚ and recycling‚ but I have done a great deal of research for this speech‚ also research for a recycling project in my
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